BDDG Annual Convention – 2024

‘From Darkness into the Light!’

Thursday, 10 October – Monday, 14 October 2024

Denham Grove Hotel, Tilehouse Lane, Denham,

Nr. Uxbridge UB9 5DG, UK

Key:

Blue – Food   Pink – Joint Meetings.   Orange – BDDG Meetings.   Green – BDDG Families Group Meetings

Thursday, 10 October 2024

• From 1500 – Arrival, Registration, Welcome
• 1800 – Welcome Meeting
• 1830 – 2000 – Dinner
• 2000 – 2100 – Joint Meeting – BDDG & BDDG Families Group
  • Shares from Family and BDDG members
• 2100 – 2200 – BDDG Rainbow Meeting
• 2100 – 2200 – BDDG Families Group Meeting
• 2200 –            BDDG Night Owls Meeting

Friday, 11 October 2024

• 0700 – BDDG Early Birds Meeting
• 0630- 0900 – Breakfast
• 0900 – 1000 – BDDG Meeting -Steps 1 – 3
• 0900 – 1000 – BDDG Families Group Meeting
• 1000 – 1030 – Coffee
• 1030 – 1230
  • Michael Rawlinson, Principal at Rawlinson Health Consulting
    • Broadcaster and Addictions Counsellor
    • Current thinking around mental wellbeing, addiction and reducing. stigma. 
  • Dr Fergus Law MB, ChB, BSc., FRCPsych ; (Consultant Psychiatrist in Substance Misuse)
    • Consultant Psychiatrist in Substance Misuse
    • Current trends and solutions in addiction recovery from a medical and pharmaceutical perspective, and the novel use of psychedelic substances.
  • Richard Denny 
    • Specialist Trauma Therapist)
    • The most up to date strategies for treating clients, including EMDR.
• 1200 – 1300 – Lunch
• 1300 – 1400
  • Dr Stephen Turner MB, ChB, BSc(Hons), MSc(Cantab), PhD, MRCPsych
    • Specialist Registrar, General Adult Psychiatry, London
    • Recovery in LGBTQ+ space, chemsex and novel psychoactive substances.
• 1415 – 1530
  • Dr Ed Day BA (Medical Sciences), BM, BCh
    • Honorary Senior Lecturer in Addiction Psychiatry
    • University of Birmingham, U.K
    • Recovery for medical students.
• 1530 – 1600 – Coffee
• 1600 – 1730
  • Lindsey Chadwick MA, LPC, MFTC
    • Supervisor, Childrens’ and Family Program at the Hazelden Betty Ford Center, USA
  • Josie Mansergh-Johnson MBACP, PgDip MA
    • Counselling Student,Hazelden Betty Ford Center, USA
    • Family In Recovery.
• 1800 – 1830 – Registration / Welcome – Weekend Delegates
• 1830 – 2000 – Dinner
• 2000 – 2100 – TBC
• 2100 – 2200 – BDDG Rainbow Meeting
• 2100 – 2200 – BDDG Families Group Meeting
• 2200 –            BDDG Night Owls Meeting

Saturday, 12 October 2024

• 0700 – BDDG Early Birds Meeting
• 0730 – 0900 Breakfast
• 0900- 1000 BDDG Meeting – Steps 4 – 6
• 0900 – 1000 BDDG Families Group Meeting
  • • 1000 – 1030 – Coffee
• 1030 – 1200
  • Toby Branfoot – SMART Recovery
    • Psychological Tools For Recovery.
• 1200-1300 – Lunch
• 1300-1400
  • Amy Dickson: NACOA Speaker
    • Member Board of Trustees, National Association for Children of Alcoholics UK
    • Outreach Project Coordinator, Nacoa UK
    • The hidden harms of parental drinking, the damage this can cause and how people can be helped,
• 1430 -1530
  • Tony Branfoot – SMART Recovery
    • SMART meeting (Syndicate Room 1) OR BDDG meeting (Syndicate Room 2).
• 1430 -1539 – BDDG Families Group Meeting
• 1530-1600 – Coffee
• 1600 -1730
  • Benjamin Fry, Khiron Clinics, UK
    • ZOOM from Washington, D.C., USA
    • Unresolved childhood trauma and echoes into adulthood.
• 1930 –           Gala Dinner

Sunday, 13 October 2024

• 0700 – 0800 – BDDG Early Birds Meeting
• 0730 – 0900 – Breakfast
• 0900 – 1000 – BDDG Meeting – Steps 6 – 9
• 0900 – 1000 – BDDG Families Group Meeting
• 1000 -1030 – Coffee
• 1030 – 1200 – Joint Families / BDDG meeting (Share from family and BDDG member)
• 1200 – 1215 – BDDG Roll of Honour
• 1215 – 1300 – Lunch
• 1300 – 14300 – BDDG Meeting – Steps 9 -12
• 1300 – 1430 – BDDG Families Group Meeting
• 1430 – 1830 – Free time to explore locally / trip to London for theatre.
• 1500 . 1600 – The History of A.A. – A Conversation with Alan T.
• Syndicate rooms are available …. we can expand to include more meetings as the delegates wish.
• 1830 – 2100 – Dinner
• 2100 – 2200 – BDDG Rainbow Meeting
• 2100 – 2200. BDDG Families Group Meeting
• 2200 –           BDDG Night Owls Meeting

Monday, 14 October 2024

• 0700 – BDDG Early Birds
• 0630 – 0900 – Breakfast
• 0900 -1000 – BDDG Step Meeting
• 0900 -1000 – BDDG Families Group Meeting
• 1000 – 1030 – Coffee
• 1030 – 1130 – Joint Meeting
  • BDDG & BDDG Families Group Meeting : Shares from both Groups.
• 1130 – Round up and safe travels
• 1200 – LUNCH AND DEPART

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